SIKANDAR KHAN Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This writ petition has been filed on behalf of the petitioners being aggrieved with the order dated 26.11.2020 passed by the Commissioner, Devasthan, Rajasthan, Udaipur whereby the allotment of the shops to the petitioners and other shopkeepers in the mela compound of Gogaji Gogamedi has been extended upto 31.12.2020. The petitioners have also prayed that the respondents may be restrained from starting new allotment process of the shop in the said mela compound and to give them extra time to vacate the shops and the rent for the period of three months may kindly be returned to the petitioners.

(2.) Brief facts of the case are that the petitioners and other shopkeepers were allotted land to establish shops for a period of eleven months in the mela compound of the Gogaji Gogamedi by the respondent- Devasthan Department through auction proceedings. After the expiry of eleven months, the Devsthan Department has issued notices to the petitioners and other similarly situated shopkeepers for vacating the premises allotted to them. Some of the shopkeepers have approached this Court by way of writ petition No.10682/2020 and this Court has disposed of the said writ petition vide order dated 21.10.2020. The operative portion of the order dated 21.10.2020 reads as under:

(3.) Pursuant to the order passed by this Court, the Commissioner Devasthan, Udaipur, vide order dated 26.11.2020 has decided that the alltoment of the land to the shopkeepers for establishing shops be extended upto 31.12.2020. Admittedly, the petitioners and other similarly situated shopkeepers were asked to vacate the premises by 31.12.2020.